Food is a complicated subject for me. Food brings joy, satisfaction, and conflict. Eating disorders plague my family. Their consequences have been painful, expensive, violent, and deadly. You haven't lived till you've watched a woman die of starvation. — Myriam Gurba Copy Share Image
I see things in hardcopy that I miss if I only see words on screen. I do get sick of the words, but I like to see everything spread out because I get a sense of scale that is missing from screen. Going over each sentence many, many, many times gives me incredible intimacy with sentences, especially their rhythm. The… — Myriam Gurba Copy Share
“Finding god in the poor is easy. Divinity doesn’t dwell in the rich. It can’t stand them.” — Myriam Gurba Copy Share Image
“Guilt is a ghost. Guilt interrupts narratives. It does so impolitely. Ghosts have no etiquette. What do they need it for? There is no… — Myriam Gurba Copy Share Image
Writing does not numb, comfort, or soothe me. It does the opposite. It tends to excite me and reinscribe pain. It doesn't function as… — Myriam Gurba Copy Share Image
The Internet is the best and worst thing to happen to writing. It makes it so easy to quickly satisfy a lot of curiosity… — Myriam Gurba Copy Share Image
Food is a complicated subject for me. Food brings joy, satisfaction, and conflict. Eating disorders plague my family. Their consequences have been painful, expensive,… — Myriam Gurba Copy Share Image
Working with a manuscript with that kind of intimacy is kind of like taking a magnification mirror to your pores. Its horrifying but it… — Myriam Gurba Copy Share Image
